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With SCOTUS devolving more power to state legislatures, the Republicans that control PA are already moving to wreak havoc, with or without a Republican governor. This means that electing
@JoshShapiroPA
this November is not enough. A thread on flipping the legislature:
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To be clear, if Dems lose any 2 Senate seats and the chamber, blame should equally be placed on Maine for re-electing Susan Collins in 2020 and Wisconsin for re-electing Ron Johnson in 2022 as the two that lose in 2024.
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Can I also just rubber band a “United States Postal Service” piece of plastic to my license plate and then be allowed to get away with murder?
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Absolutely damming for
@BobBradyPHL
and
@PHLDems
that Allegheny County contributed more votes to McCaffery than Philly did. For context, Biden got 41% more in Philly, Hillary got 59% more, and Obama got 70% more. Brady is completely wrecking the Philly Democratic Party.
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@AgileJebrim
@d_anton_niess
@PatrickinNOLA
@PatrickRuffini
@mualphaxi
The left is full of culture and people, the right is full of vacant land and isolation. I know which I prefer to live in.
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"Where can Philly fit another 400K people!?" 3 new walkable "downtowns". South Philly on 224 acres of city-owned land by the stadiums. North Philly on 160 acres of vacant/underused lots where the BSL & Regional Rail lines cross. NE Philly where
@BlvdSubway
crosses Cottman.
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@socialaskan
Too easy. The most famous place in the world for pearls was also the muse of a very famous painter.
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On the "What goes on here" band wagon: The East Parkside neighborhood should be the most in-demand in the city. Secluded by train tracks, it has the zoo, Fairmount Park, School of the Future, 76 access, & the Girard trolley right through it! Why no investment!?
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Dems are only taking the PA House because Philly’s population grew over 10 years by an entire House district. To increase our power to better our communities, we must continue to grow our communities, and that starts with building housing!
@jongeeting
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PA municipalities with more Hispanics or Asians than Philly
Red - Over 14.9% Hispanic
Blue - Over 9.4% Asian
As a Philadelphian, learned a lot making this map.
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This is huge. Lancaster is the 3rd biggest vote netter for Republicans in PA (York is
#1
) but it’s been trending left as Lancaster City is now majority minority and the county is increasingly suburban. It’s following the same pattern as Chester but 20 years behind.
Why the fundraising race matters:
@Lawrence
: "The Biden-Harris fundraising advantage today allowed the Biden-Harris campaign to open a field office in Lancaster, PA - It is the first time that there will be a Democratic field office in Lancaster for a presidential election."
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@YIMBYLAND
Reminds me of how Atlantic City, who chose to put their high school on an island, chose for the only other thing on that island to be a gross recycling center.
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With SCOTUS set to hear
#MoorevHarper
this fall, electing
@JoshShapiroPA
this Nov will not be enough to protect the rights of PA voters. We must flip the PA Legislature, and keep it Dem controlled. That means not just winning this year, but playing the long game.
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Am I wrong to think that other planned or under construction projects like capping 676, the future of the Roundhouse, completing the rail park, ~3K new residents, & 450 more hotel rooms will have a far greater impact on Chinatown than the stadium?
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@alanthefisher
I think the buildings at Lawrence & Pine do it in such a way that is safe for the buildings where the plant on metal things and barely touches the building.
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Dems just swept school board races in a number of swing PA State House races. Great indicator for holding 144, and flipping 88, 143 & 147 next year, possibly even beating Brian Fitzpatrick! If we start working now we could even flip 145, 178, & the 6th Senate District in 2026.
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Looking at the results, I'm increasingly convinced that many Philadelphians of Irish descent voted for
@NicForPhilly
thinking that he is of Irish descent with the last name O'Rourke.
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In my experiences on pedestrianized streets around the world, emergency vehicles and public transit are FAR faster with all the cars gone.
1) Philly city planning staff testified at today’s Civic Design Review meeting of the proposed Sixers arena that 10 and 11th Streets would have to be closed before and after every event for crowd control. That suggests the site isn’t big enough for this use.
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We need to decide if Philly is a city for people or a city for cars. There are currently over 22K units of multifamily housing under construction, and another 41K proposed or with permits. If you don't want to be inundated with cars, start improving public transit now.
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What is the purpose of a county and what is the ideal size to achieve that purpose? Here's a thread with alternatives for PA. Which is the best, and what names do I need to change? This first one has a min population of 100K but no max and just combines existing counties for 42.
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Democrats have a path to taking the PA Legislature, but we’ll need all the help we can get. With our first “fair” maps in decades, here is the breakdown of what the most important races are, and campaign links for you to see our candidates & donate.
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While NE Philly transportation and the
@BlvdSubway
are in the news, should we also build a SEPTA line along the freight rail from Holmesburg to Bustleton Ave?
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Why again is the gorgeous row of cherry blossoms in Fairmount Park split by a highway with no light or crosswalk?
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While everyone's thinking about 676, expanding parks, and Chinatown, its a great time to remind everyone that the useless 1.6 acre concrete park with the "Bolt of Lightning" could be expanded to 3.5 acres with some simple ramp changes and no losses to bridge or 676 access.
3 designs have been released for the capping of 676 between 10th and 13th St. The 1st option leaves a vent in the cap between 11th & 12th St. The 2nd option is a full cap. The 3rd option redirects the westbound section of Vine St to the south side of 676. Which do you like best?
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@the_transit_guy
A few years ago they tried to make a Hanukkah version, but it wasn’t written by Jews and was essentially anti-Semitic. So last year they tried again with Jewish writers and “Eight Gifts of Hanukkah” was a solid attempt.
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@OregonMapGuy
I say mandate a minimum population of 2 Million. AK & HI merge, the Dakotas plus NE, ID/MT/WY together called Yellowstone, RI/CT, VT/NH/ME, DE joins MD, and the Virginias reunite!
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This year Dems have 8 House seats to defend and 15 opportunities to attack, from which we only need a net increase of 5. Over the next 2 years we have 3 Senate seats to defend and 4 opportunities to attack, from which we only need a net increase of 2. We can do this!
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It isn’t sexy, but zoning reform would probably have a greater long-term positive impact on our city than almost anything else due to the ripple effects on transit, education funding, political power over the state, union membership & wage increases, art funds, and so much more
Today at 2pm in Harrisburg the PA Housing Choices Coalition is hosting a presser with lawmakers and advocates to announce our bipartisan “strange bedfellows” coalition for statewide zoning reform. 30+ orgs say YES to state action for attainable housing!
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Would local support for the
@BlvdSubway
increase if stations were named after famous people from NE Philly? Bob Saget, Saint Katherine Drexel, and most importantly Sylvester Stallone
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And with that, the total number of large multifamily projects around Philly come to units total:
18.3K Under Construction
8.5K Ground Broken
11.2K Permits Received
30.7K Proposed
Comcast Spectacor's plan for a huge mixed-use development is the latest effort to transform the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.
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@umichvoter
As a PA Progressive who knocked on hundreds of doors for Fetterman despite being iffy on him, he’s been better than I could have possibly hoped for.
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Bucks County is close enough for Philly people to go knock doors if you have time to donate instead of money.
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@KrisWalskiPA
29 -
@BrennanForPA
144 -
@MunroeForPA
151 -
@Missy4PA
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The frustration over America’s disinterest in preventing murder by guns should also be applied to our disinterest in preventing murder by vehicle.
JUST IN: Britt Reid was sentenced to three years in prison after he was convicted in a DUI crash that severely injured five-year-old Ariel Young.
That sentence has been commuted.
STORY >>>
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For some unrealistic optimism, look back to the last midterm election where Governor Wolf won the highest percentage of any state-wide election in the last few years. Those votes would give Dems 32 Senate seats!
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“
@YaFavTrashman
For Mayor!” was a joke but the more I think about it the more it could work. A campaign of “Lets Clean Up Philly”, referring to trash, crime, opioid epidemic, school buildings, cars in bike lanes, would get a lot of traction.
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I've been having fun with
@MetroDreamin
, building out my fantasy Philly integrated transit map that emphasizes free transfers and getting cars out of the city. I'll zoom in on each section in this thread:
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Though it would be super difficult, Dems could take the Senate this year by flipping 3 districts that voted for
@JoshShapiroPA
for AG in 2020
6 -
@AnnMarie4Senate
24 -
@jillforPA
40 - Jen Shukaitis
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Hey
@SenBobCasey
, I have some recommendations of where in PA you should spend the $9.5M you've raised.
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@RisingRealEst
Fantastic! This will put a nice dent in the housing crisis and provide so many more customers to local businesses. And they won’t need cars cause it’s right next to the MFL! Do we know how many affordable units will be included?
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Dem Dan McCaffery won his race for the PA Supreme Court by 207K votes. There is so much attention on Philly, Pitt, & the Collar Counties (rightly so) but without the votes he received in rural counties (as defined by the
@CenterRuralPa
) he would have lost the election.
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One day left to file for the 2024 Primary! Very impressed with how many Dems are running in districts that are very red but trending blue and so require attention and investment. Only 7 districts left that I'm still really hoping to see a Dem file in tomorrow.
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Proud to represent the 10th Division of
@phillyfirstward
! The work starts now to elect
@JohnFetterman
and
@JoshShapiroPA
in November!
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With the old GOP Gerrymander, Dems have 90 out of 203 seats in the House meaning we need to flip 12 seats. Luckily, redistricting will give us 7 new safe seats off the bat: districts 10, 49, 54, 104, 129, 134, & 189
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What the proposed 76ers stadium footprint would look like over other vacant or underutilized areas near public transit (including future
@BlvdSubway
):
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First, we must keep seats in heavily GOP districts held by moderate Dems that know their constituents but have new boundaries
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@RyanBizzarro
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@RepSainato
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@RobMatzie
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@RepFrankBurns
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Some GOP have opted not to run again in newly fair districts, making these open seats our best targets.
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@VenkatForPA
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@SteeleForPA
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@PaulTakac_PA
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@MoffaForPA142
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@GalenMetzger1
West support in New York and California doesn’t matter. I want to know how much vote he’d steal in Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin.
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And Chester County is just as close. Get your parents in these districts to talk to their friends, or talk to the parents of your Philly friends..
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@PaulFrielForPA
160 -
@Spahr4PA
168 -
@LisaBorowski
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@AgileJebrim
@d_anton_niess
@PatrickinNOLA
@PatrickRuffini
@mualphaxi
I feel so sorry for you if you think that.
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Only even numbered PA Senate districts will be up this year including the new safe 14th in Allentown which will bring us to 22/50 seats, meaning we will only need to flip 3 more if
@RepAustinDavis
wins the Lt Gov race
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@the_transit_guy
After attending the World Baseball Classic this year, definitely either Mexico City, Monterrey, Tijuana, San Juan, or Santo Domingo
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Based on the PA Primary results I'm seeing, I preliminarily put the November races at:
President - Biden +3
Senate - Casey +6
AG - Depasquale +2
Treasurer - Garrity +2
Auditor - DeFoor +3
State Senate - 49D/51R
State House - 106D/97
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I absolutely love Helen Gym but this is my hesitation: I’m afraid she will give-in to the NIMBYs, nothing will be built and the city will stay segregated with housing costs skyrocketing. Can someone please dissuade me from this fear?
Gym says that it starts with the mayors office, that the city needs centralized planning, we need a citywide approach on affordable housing. Says Council and communities should be a part of the conversation, that people don’t like being surprised by development.
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Dems in heavily GOP areas will need to hold or we won’t have a rematch until 2026
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@SenLisaBoscola
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@SenWilliamsPA
44 -
@SenatorMuth
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Inflation angst with Biden’s low approval on one hand, and Roe angst with Shapiro high approval on the other, I colored these maps with the 2020 Treasurer election that went R+.8% statewide and considers the down-ballot effect.
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@BruneElections
There are so many more likely scenarios that all have Wisconsin as the deciding factor. This one is probably the most likely where Nevada doesn’t matter.
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With all the craziness around judges and City Council Minority Parties, there hasn’t been enough fanfare that today Philly will elect its first ever openly gay member of City Council! Go
@Rue_Landau
!!
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PA Dems left HD187th uncontested in 2022 but in 2024 it will be an Open race and
@JudgeMcCaffery
just won it by 1.4%. With hard work its flippable and we have to capitalize on an Open race while we can!
@PaHouseDems
@PAHDCC
what's the plan?
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Over 100K housing units were permitted since January 2020 but the vast majority are single houses in car dependent parts of PA. Every multifamily building stopped in Philly, is a farm or woods destroyed.
News: From land use to evictions, a bicameral, bipartisan consensus is rapidly growing that Harrisburg must address Pennsylvania's housing shortage -- by one count, at almost 100,000 homes -- with statewide policy changes.
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@DonZeigler6
@jongeeting
I've been mapping vacant lots, excess parking lots, and the like that surround SEPTA Regional Rail stations. I've only done 27 so far and I'm up to a combined 714 acres, not including golf courses. For example, the Philmont station has a massive abandoned parking lot right there.
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Every vote counts! The new District 137 went GOP by less than 500 votes and is 85% new territory for the incumbent.
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@Debbieturici_
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@SaraAgertonPA
120 -
@VoteFern4PA
137 - Anna Thomas
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Then in 2024 the odd numbers will be up for election, with a safe Dem flip in 15 and opportunity to flip 49 back after losing it in 2016. Hopefully we’ll have a shot then too at the 170th House district in NE Philly, since there’s no Dem candidate this year.
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Some Dems who long held seats in heavily GOP areas have opted not to run in their new boundaries, but new candidates may hold the line
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@_McGonigle
50 - Doug Mason
118 - Jim Haddock
119 -
@VitoForPA
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@bipbipletucha
@PlanningAutumn
The canal is now the Broad St bridge and the Ponte Vecchio is now the Main St bridge?
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Thanks for the inspiration for this:
@PAMapper
,
@Ntorok4
,
@phillyfirstward
,
@davesredist
,
@RepFiedler
,
@4st8
,
@PAHouseDems
,
@PASenateDems
,
@Every_District
,
@MollyDotOrg
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Our ActBlue page is up to $850! All donations to this page are split evenly between the 11 most strategically important races to flip to PA State House. Includes
@RobMatzie
@PaulTakac_PA
@SteeleforPA
@VenkatforPA
@BrennanForPA
@MunroeforPA
@PaulFrielforPA
@Haddock4Pa
and more!
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I totally forgot that the current
@Phila2035
@sth2035
already has an initial concept for TOD around NRG Station. I would of course make it bigger and have all mixed use buildings, but this would be an incredible start.
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The end of tax season seems like a good time to remind people of the proposed 2024 Philly budget. 23% of the $6.1B budget goes to police, prisons, and other criminal justice. Only 6% goes to human services & public health. That balance isn't working to prevent crime.
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@the_transit_guy
Biggest city I couldn’t point to on a map:
US - Mesa, AZ 500K
Europe - Katowice, Poland 2.7M
Africa - Kano, Nigeria 4M
Latin America - Fortaleza, Brazil 2.7M
India - Surat 7M
China - Hangzhou 12M
Rest of Asia - Faisalabad, Pakistan 3.5M
Oceania - Sunshine Coast 400K
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When Councilman Squilla retires, there is going to be a battle between the City Party and the Open Wards. I know who my money is on.
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There was never a chance that the Working Families Party could get more votes in Philly than a Democrat, but
@KendraPHL
did narrow the gap to under 70K and beat the worst Dem in 4 wards!
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It’s been over a year now since I reported this abandoned vehicle to 311. Anyone know a good car thief to take this away?
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With
@PhillyInquirer
speaking truth to power that the
@BlvdSubway
is absolutely possible, fundable, and worth it, here are opportunities for Transit Oriented Development.
"There’s not enough money for the Roosevelt Boulevard subway right now, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be," The Inquirer Editorial Board writes.
"All it takes is for Philadelphia’s leaders to think boldly."
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@_fat_ugly_rat_
The order of primaries should be systematic instead of the current arbitrary system. I’ve always said that it should go in order of the previous election’s margin so swing states go first, but I’d be open to it being in order of average temperature.
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Nothing like making election results maps to remind you how arbitrary our ward sizes and numbers are, each having between 11 & 42 divisions, not to mention having some split into A&B. I propose that we redraw a system of 1776 Divisions split among 76 Wards
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@bikemamadelphia
We don’t even have kids get but the moment my wife and I turned 32 we started getting asked what suburb we plan to move to. My answer is usually “I would never subject my kid to that amount of isolation and vehicular danger”
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@_fat_ugly_rat_
Metro Philly? Montgomery County was the Republican stronghold for decades but it netted Biden almost as many votes as Allegheny!
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@umichvoter
The Democracy Act
Independent Redistricting
No Electoral College
Automatic Voter Registration
17yo can vote in primary if 18 by general
30 days Early Voting
No-Excuse Absentee Voting
No Primary Single Transferable Vote
Student ID Counts as Voter ID
End SuperPACs
DC State
PR State
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So glad to see that Jenkintown RR Station is finally gonna be more handicapped accessible & pedestrian friendly! Next step should be to start building TOD!
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While
@PhilaStreets
renovates sidewalk corners, we should at least mandate that those at schools and parks must have bump-outs to protect kids. I got hit at Capitolo Park because a car was illegally parked on the corner, blocking the view of the driver.
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To flip the PA House,
@PAMapper
@Progress4PA
@ultravioletET
and I debated for weeks and compiled the strategically most important races. We created a page where donations are split evenly between them. Defend your rights!
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Philly Future Track cleaned all the garbage and dog poop bags people threw in my alley! Thanks
@PhilaStreets
!
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In 2016, the 3rd House District in Erie voted for Trump by 5%, yet elected the progressive
@RyanBizzarro
by 11%. Anything is possible in down-ballot races. A good candidate with a good message who understands and talks to voters can win, especially in an open race.
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@Api91Test
The 162 acres of vacant & car lots from North Broad Street station to Allegheny Station should be "Downtown North Philly"
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@AgileJebrim
@d_anton_niess
@PatrickinNOLA
@PatrickRuffini
@mualphaxi
None of those things are found in either of these photos. The right is residential only but mostly lawn. The left is mostly million dollar homes but also churches, museums, my synagogue, & the former home of President James Madison.
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Philly's largest division is 20-11 thanks to new Temple student housing, has a voting age population of over 4,000 but NO committeeperson. No representation and nobody in charge of GOTV. What's the plan?!
@jongeeting
@phillyfirstward
@BobBradyPHL
@PHLDems
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@civic_grit
Particularly high trust among voters of the open ward and its committee people who knock each Dem door within their division in the lead up to every election, building relationships over time.
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It always bothered me how much land is wasted by 676 ramps around Franklin Square. If we added ~800ft of ramps alongside highway, we could get rid of ~2300ft of ramps and free up 6 acres of land. To placate car people I added arrows to prove no loss of access.
@PennDOTNews
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@3_under_scores_
Over the tracks! Hell yea! We need that over Powelton Yards in Philly. Also, 12 surface lots sounds perfect for a loading zone of a building that size. If every building had only 1 parking spot per 32 living units, we’d be much better off.
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SEPTA Regional Rail has a bunch of stations right next to giant commercial properties of which large portions are completely vacant. If the zoning allowed it, would these companies choose to develop or sell off that vacant land for Dense TOD?
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